Manhattan (movie)
| Manhattan | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Woody Allen |
| Produced by | Charles H. Joffe |
| Written by | Woody Allen Marshall Brickman |
| Starring | Woody Allen Diane Keaton Michael Murphy Mariel Hemingway Meryl Streep Anne Byrne |
| Music by | George Gershwin played by the New York Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta and the Buffalo Philharmonic, Michael Tilson Thomas |
| Cinematography | Gordon Willis |
| Editing by | Susan E. Morse |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
| Release date(s) | April 25, 1979 |
| Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Money made | $39,946,780[1] |
Manhattan is a 1979 American romantic comedy-drama movie by director Woody Allen. The movie is set in New York City. The movie is about Issac Davis (played by Allen), a divorced 42-year old dating a 17-year old girl. His ex-wife is openly lesbian.
The movie was nominated for two Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress (Mariel Hemingway) and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. It also won the BAFTA Award for Best Film and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay. The movie was #46 on American Film Institute's "100 Years...100 Laughs". In 2001, the United States Library of Congress said the movie was "culturally significant" and selected it to keep in the National Film Registry.
The movie had mostly positive reviews.
Cast [change]
- Woody Allen as Isaac Davis
- Diane Keaton as Mary Wilkie
- Michael Murphy as Yale Pollack
- Mariel Hemingway as Tracy
- Meryl Streep as Jill
- Anne Byrne as Emily
- Michael O'Donoghue as Dennis
- Wallace Shawn as Jeremiah
- Karen Ludwig as Connie
- Charles Levin, Karen Allen, and David Rasche as Television actors
- Mark Linn-Baker and Frances Conroy as Shakespearean actors
References [change]
- ↑ "Box Office Information for Manhattan". Box Office Mojo. http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=manhattan.htm. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
Other websites [change]
- 1979 movies
- American movies
- 1970s comedy movies
- 1970s drama movies
- 1970s romance movies
- American comedy-drama movies
- American LGBT movies
- American romantic comedy movies
- American romantic drama movies
- BAFTA Award winners
- English language movies
- Movies directed by Woody Allen
- Movies set in New York City
- United States National Film Registry movies